Strait of Juan de Fuca

Geographical location

The Juan de Fuca Strait (English Strait of Juan de Fuca ) is a strait on the west coast of North America.

The inlet of the Pacific Ocean extends between Vancouver Island ( British Columbia ) and the Olympic Peninsula (Washington) Peninsula about 150 miles inland into it before he goes north into the Strait of Georgia and in a southerly direction through the Puget Sound. The strait has a width of about 20 to 25 km; at its eastern end it spreads over more than 40 kilometers.

The Juan de Fuca Strait is from the Pacific Ocean estuary with a length of around 150 km a manageable waterway that runs in the middle of the state border of the United States and Canada. Then the water goes into a wide bay with many small islands and other waterways.

The largest islands at the end of the Juan de Fuca Strait are Whidbey, Orcas, Fidalgo, Lopez and San Juan. Most important cities in the estuary sees Victoria in the Canadian province of British Columbia and Port Angeles in Washington state. Between the two cities, there is an international ferry.

The Juan de Fuca Strait after the Greek navigator Juan de Fuca (actually Ioannis Phokas ) named, who had in 1592 sailed past here to search for Spain the Strait of Anian ( Northwest Passage ) which it does not exist.

The water-side boundary line is part of an area Disputes between Canada and the United States of America.

Meanwhile, it can be shown that the region was repeatedly affected by severe tsunamis. Excavations and dendrochronological investigations might the quake for the period around 1700, 1300, 800, 180 BC and 790 BC prove.